Tsiklon-2 from Baikonur lofted Kosmos 1860, a US-A (RORSAT) active radar ocean-reconnaissance satellite for the Soviet Navy, using a nuclear reactor to power its radar for tracking surface ships from low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.3 T
- Flight
- 78th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 18 June 1987, 21:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1987-052
- Launches in 1987
- 56th of 114
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